25 Jun 1937
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Newspaper
The Nome Daily Nugget
Location
Nome, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1937
Page
1
The House Territories Committee approved Delegate Anthony Dimond’s $2,000,000 measure to buy reindeer abattoirs and corrals from white owners to redistribute the animals to Alaska natives. Dimond cited white monopoly on deer as the problem prompting the plan.
LIBBYVILLE Alaska June 25 Two thousand tense American fishermen counted 26 large foreign boats and floating canneries in Bristol Bay amid the world’s largest Red salmon run. Michael Hatton of the Territorial Fisheries Bureau said some vessels appeared Japanese and that some were within the three mile limit. He drew alongside a Japanese boat but was not welcomed and warned that foreign gear could wipe out salmon in five to six years.
Briefs report the administration pushing surtax measures after Senate approval, LaFollette's six thousand dollar income cap amendment rejected on reconsideration 41 to 29 after an earlier 35 to 51 pass. Other items note four or five factory closures, CIO union activity, indictments in a diamond smuggling probe, and a Los Angeles millionaire sentenced for income tax evasion.
Russia's three aviators were received in the city hall rotunda amid cheers and salutes under a Soviet flag. They planned to depart for Washington on Thursday.
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor marked their birthdays with a quiet Vienna celebration amid memories of their royal years. The Duke, 43, and Duchess, 41, were last year feted as King Edward and Wallis Simpson. observers say they appear happy. In Birmingham reports say a Harlaxton Hall plan could make Windsor the local squire within years.
Begin Operations Reports from the Kougarok said that J. J. Keenan fed commenced hydraulic operations near Taylor in the Kougarok yesterday. The dredge on the Kougarok River at Taylor, operated by Kougarok Consolidated Placers Inc., began digging rich gravels after being serviced for an active season. With such an early start this season should be exceptionally successful, it was said.
An Alaska Road Commission railroad crew reports the Kangarok Tramway is opened to Mile 50 after snow and glacier removal and track alignment. The work is ongoing to extend the line toward Shelton and Burker Hill in the near future.
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